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Originally from Arkadelphia, Lance LeVar (he/him) has over two decades of experience as an educator including 15 years in administration at all levels of education. He served as a teacher, high school and elementary school assistant principal, middle school principal, and district administrator in multiple districts in Arkansas and Utah. Lance also worked as a college adjunct faculty at two different colleges in Utah. He has presented at multiple education conferences and provided training and consultations for school districts across the U.S. on topics such as multicultural education, instruction, professional learning communities, Title IX and Section 504.  

Lance works in the Office of Federal Programs as the point of contact for all school districts and open enrollment charters schools with questions on Section 504 and Title IX. He began working in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) of the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in September 2020 as part of the Equity Assistance Center. While at ADE-DESE, Lance has presented or co-presented over 100 in person and virtual trainings with school districts and educational service cooperatives across Arkansas on Title IX, Section 504, anti-bullying policies and procedures, and recruitment and retention of diverse teachers and administrators.